Deebz wrote:I guess that qualifies as close proximity... think he was following the river or whatever it is that's there?

There is a bit of farm land that flows down between the river and rt23. It comes within a couple of miles of that cloverleaf. I suspect he came in that way, but it's just a guess. He had to be traveling through back yards, or down the roads to get there.

The only real difference between a good tracker and a bad tracker is observation. All the same data is present for both. The rest is understanding what you are seeing.

The reason it may not help is because Coyotes are known to respond to hunting pressure biologically by having more and/or larger litters. Also, there is something about the dominant male (alpha male) of the social group (pack). I dont remember if its good or bad to take him out of the picture...maybe its bad because then the pack splinters into 2 or 3 smaller packs each around different males and then all those packs are reproducing instead of just one pack reproducing.( remember only the alpha male does breeding). Anyhow, I wish you all the best, kill em all!

The Sport of Predator/Coyote Hunting is getting more and more popular each year and I can tell You personally that if You stay at it and keep lowering the number of Predators it will help with the New-born Fawns,Turkeys Quails and so on!I have been hunting with my Calling Partner steady for the past 6 months and we have taken out around 5 male Coyotes and 6 Females mainly on the western end of our County and we have had a Predator Derby this past Jan that resulted in several Coyotes,Foxes and Bobcats harvested.

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